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 Translation for 'to play sth down' from English to Russian
преуменьшать что-л. [несов.] [заслуги, значение и т.п.]to play sth. down
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играть [несов.]to play
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музицировать [несов.]to play music
действовать осторожноto play it safe
unverified направленный вниз {adj} {pres-p}down
записывать [несов.] [заносить на бумагу]to write down
отступаться [несов.] [от своих прав, требований и т.п.]to back down
положить [сов.]to put down
угасать [несов.]to die down
unverified сводить (сужать)to narrow down
успокаиваться [несов.]to calm down
сокращатьto scale down
пух {м}down [fluff]
вниз {adv}down [motion]
геогр.
вниз по Рейну {adv}
down the Rhine
геогр.
вниз по Дунаю {adv}
down the Danube
снять [вниз] [сов.]to take down [remove]
перебуторить [сов.] [разг.]to turn upside down
головомойка {ж} [разг.]dressing-down [coll.]
приземлённый {adj} [приближённый к действительной жизни]down-to-earth
подводить кого-л. [несов.] [обманывать ожидания]to let sb. down
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Usage Examples English
  • Powar, in turn, criticized Mithali for threatening to retire from cricket when asked to play down the batting order.
  • Willow tries to play down her reaction but ends up crying alone in the bathroom.
  • She alleges that Sulzberger went out of his way to play down the special victimhood of Jews and withheld support for specific rescue programs for European Jews.
  • Vitige tries to play down her attraction, telling the King that he doesn't think she is at all pleasing to look at.
  • It aimed to play down features of the utopia that suggested communist ideals, a sensitive point after a civil war in China resulted in the ascension of Mao Zedong's Communist Party in that country in 1949.

  • This was partly because it had become damaged during World War II, and partly for political reasons, as the Communist government sought to play down the graves of those who had "exploited the working class".
  • His father had been buried far from the city because the Japanese hoped to play down his independence work.
  • Suharto finally accepted Try and Golkar tried to play down the pre-emption by saying it had let the other parties and ABRI nominate their vice presidential candidates.
  • Deemed as being pointless and politically driven, the project raises questions about environmental clearance, displacement of upstream human habitations, loss of forest cover, technicalities in the dam design which are said to play down flood threats and unsafe embankments.
  • Students are frequently blamed, to the extent that the British National Union of Students has attempted to play down this "outdated stereotype".

  • In the generic coordination game above, a mixed Nash equilibrium is given by probabilities p = (d-b)/(a+d-b-c) to play Up and 1-p to play Down for player 1, and q = (D-C)/(A+D-B-C) to play Left and 1-q to play Right for player 2.
  • In addition, Mourinho admired the solidarity of Ramazzotti's colleagues and said that he was not supposed to apologize in public as the situation had not happened in public, trying to play down the incident itself.
  • Knopp's history films are often criticised for presenting the Third Reich too superficially and for "editing history" to play down the role of the German public in building and supporting Hitler's regime.
  • Sir Frank Williams was careful to play down talk of a championship challenge for his team.
  • s coverage of the 2009 Israeli legislative election was biased in favor of Kadima and its leader Tzipi Livni in most editorial decisions and that the paper chooses to play down events that do not help to promote a positive image for her, while on the other hand, touting and inflating events that help promote Livni and her party.

  • The vocals Adams recorded were subsequently heavily processed through a vocoder so as to play down his rock music vocal style.
  • This representative team continued to play down the years, their highlight probably being a draw against Real Madrid in 1949.
  • Police had asked the newspapers not to print any of the bomber's letters and to play down earlier bombings, but by now the public was becoming aware that a "Mad Bomber" was on the loose.
  • Similarities (for example, both Tinasky and Pynchon worked for Boeing) were easy to play up, and discrepancies (for example, Tinasky worked for Boeing ten years before Pynchon) just as easy to play down.
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Contains translations by TU Chemnitz and Mr Honey's Business Dictionary (German-English only).
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